The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Semiotics of audiovisual discourse
A general framework
for the analysisof (digital) audiovisual
documents.
PETER STOCKINGER
Institut National des Langues and Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
Online course (M1 level) European
Master of Intercultural
Communication (EMICC) Facultat
de Ciencies
Humanes I Socials
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Universitat
Jaume
I, Castellón
de la Plana / Castelló
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España / Espanya
Castellon, Wednesday, the 09th of November
2011
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011© Equipe Sémiotique Cognitive et Nouveaux Médias
(Escom) – Paris
Introduction
Peter Stockinger: Semiotics of culture and communication (Lugano, 2007)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
In this general introduction will be presented:
1.
The content and general objectives of this
online course;
2.
The contribution expected
from
the side
of the students
in form
of a small
research
project
provided
by groups composed
of two
(max. three) persons;
3.
A presentation
of the website
of this
online course providing
the students
with
all necessary
resources
for assimilating
correctly
the course topics
and for realizing
the research
project;
4.
A precise
planning of all activities
concerning
this
online course.
Introduction
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Content of this
course and group work
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The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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This online course is devoted to the systematic analysis of audiovisual productions (mainly amateur productions, but not exclusively!)
A systematic and explicit analysis is considered here as a means for making explicit underlying cultural models and visions that determine the message produced and diffused in audiovisual productions and services of traditional « mass media » as well as through to-day’s video content sharing platforms (such as You Tube, Vimeo or Daily Motion).
We will outline this approach of analysing audiovisual productions in 2 lectures (available on line):
Lecture I – Visual (audiovisual) scenes, objects and their meaning in a corpus of videos (“top – down analysis”)
Lecture II – The level of visual shots and the staging of audiovisual scenes/objects (“bottom – up analysis”).
Lecture III – The montage.
Lecture IV – The audiovisual discourse
Content & objectives
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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The students’ group work:
A concrete contribution from the side of the students is asked for in form of:
a group work (each group should be composed by two students);
the group work consists in an analysis of a small video corpus (composed of max. five short freely chosen videos);
the group work will be realized in form of a research report ;
it will be evaluated by Peter Stockinger ([email protected]);
it will be published online on the web site of the research lab ESCoM in Paris (cf. infra).
For precise information of how to proceed, please read the General Instructions for Group Work
Content & objectives
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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Procedure:
During the first day (cf. hereafter, Planning of activities), students are forming groups composed of two (maximally three) members.
In parallel to the reading of the online course material, each group starts to constitute a small video corpus (for doing this, please read, the General Instructions for Group Work word file).
The research work should be elaborated following the online research project guide (in word format).
The specific activities for doing this are described hereafter under the « activities planning & calendar » heading.
For any questions, please contact Peter Stockinger: [email protected]
Content & objectives
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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The ESCoM web site and the web site of this
course -
Peter Stockinger: Semiotics of culture and communication (Lugano, 2007)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
ESCoM (Equipe Sémiotique Cognitive et Nouveaux Médias) is a research and development lab in Paris (at the Maison de Sciences de l’Homme) specialised in semiotics and (new) media studies, semiotics of cultures and IT.
The address of the ESCoM web site is: http://www.semionet.frThe web site
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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The EMICC course home page with all necessary resources on line (explanation: next slight). You acess it directly through the homepage of the ESCoM web site in clicking on the EMICC icon …)
The web site
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Explanations of how to use the homepage of this online course. It gives an access to the following resources:
1.
A proposed agenda and planning
for this online course: it will help you to organise your work you are assumed to realise for this course;
2.
Four interactive online lectures
(in pdf
and ppt
format) you are assumed to work through alone and in your group following the proposed agenda (more explanations hereafter);
3.
Already realised similar research projects
for this course within the EMICC framework: in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011;
4.
The (mostly in French) web site
dedicated to our teaching in intercultural communication.
The web site
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Together, these resources will help you to assimilate the principal topics of our course dedicated to the semiotics of audiovisual discourse.
A more precise planning of the activities will be proposed hereafter.
Generally speaking:
You are assumed to work on one online lecture each day reserved for this course.
Your work should be divided in a personal lecture followed by a group discussion.
The reading of the online lectures as well as the group internaldiscussions of them should use not only the printed handouts of the lectures but also the online versions (in pdf or ppt format).
Indeed, all online lectures are in an interactive mode, this means that they enable you to access all those information and knowledge resources you need for a good assimilation of the proposed topics.
Open questions could be sent to me via email: [email protected]
The web site
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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3rd
topic
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Planning and coordination of activities, calendar
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The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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I will explain you now the principal activities you should realize for this course. Please follow them step by step:
First day of course -
morning:
Wednesday 09th of November
9 o’clock –
13 o’clock
Planning of activities
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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9 o’clock – 10 o’clock
Each student is supposed to start in reading this introduction.
During reading this introduction or just after having done it, please explore systematically the web site of this course and donwload:
The four lecturesThe Research Project Guide
Organise yourself in small groups of two (maximally three) persons and establish a list of all groups that should be sent to me. Please chose one colleague in your group who will do this.
10 o’clock – 11 o’clock
Each group should spent a small hour in:
Defining and collecting their video corpus composed of max. five small videos (any kind of online videos can be found on the« big » video content sharing platforms like You Tube)Exploring EMICC – Audiovisual Corpus Analysis 2010 (Utrecht)Exploring EMICC – Audiovisual Corpus Analysis 2009 (Lugano)
Each group should, finally, chose one research topic and send it to me ([email protected]).
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
11 o’clock – 12 o’clock
Each student should start working individually on the first lecture: “Visual (audiovisual) scenes, objects and their meaning in a corpus of videos”
This lecture develops the following points:
Identification and description of filmed objects and scenes thatcontribute to the meaning of a video
The distinction between iconic meaning and figurative meaning
The importance of emotional meaning
Don’t forget: every body should work not only on the printed hand out but also on the interactive online version of the lecture.
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Here are principal activities you should realize for this course. Please follow them step by step:
First day afternoon:
Wednesday 09th of November
14 o’clock –
17 o’clock
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
14 o’clock – 15 o’clock
Each group will work together on the first lecture, discuss its issues and eventually establish a small list of open questions to be sent to me ([email protected])
15 o’clock – 17 o’clock
Each group will spend these two hours in starting to work on theresearch project as follows:
1.
Downloading
and reading
of the Research project Guide;
2.
Informal discussion
and brainstorming;
3.
Organisation of work
following the Research project Guide;
4.
Analysis of the principal scenes and objects in the vidéo
corpus: (cf. Research project Guide, chapter 3);
Note: the research project should be sent to me till the 15th ofdecember as a word, pdf or ppt document ([email protected]).
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Here are principal activities you should realize for this course. Please follow them step by step:
Second day morning:
Thursday 10th of November
9 o’clock –
13 o’clock
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
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9h – 11h00:
1/ Each student should start working individually on the second lecture: “Visual shots and staging of audiovisual scenes/objects”
2/ After individual lecture (1h30), the working groups meet together in order to discuss the results of their lectures with respect to their chosen corpus.
Don’t forget: every body should work not only on the printed hand out but also on the interactive online version of the lecture.
11h30 – 13h
1/ Each student should start working individually on the third lecture: “The montage of audiovisual shots and sequences”
2/ After individual lecture (1h), the working groups meet together in order to discuss the results of their lectures with respect to their chosen corpus.
Don’t forget: every body should work not only on the printed hand out but also on the interactive online version of the lecture.
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Here are principal activities you should realize for this course. Please follow them step by step:
Second day afternoon:
Thursday 29th of November
14 o’clock –
17 o’clock
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
14 o’clock – 17 o’clock
Each group will spend these three hours in working on the video corpus as defined in the Research project Guide:
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Here are principal activities you should realize for this course. Please follow them step by step:
Third day morning:
Friday 30th of November
9 o’clock –
12 o’clock
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
9 o’clock – 10h30 o’clock:
Each student should start working individually on the fourth lecture: “The audiovisual discourse”
Don’t forget: every body should work not only on the printed hand out but also on the interactive online version of the lecture.
11 o’clock – 12 o’clock
After individual work on the fourth lecture (1h30), the working groups meet together in order to discuss the main topics of lecture 4 with respect to their chosen corpus.
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
Here are principal activities you should realize for this course. Please followthem step by step:
Third
day
afternoon:
Friday 30th of November
14 o’clock
–
16 o’clock
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)
The Analysis of Audiovisual Discourse – EMICC - Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana (2011)
© Peter Stockinger – Paris, 2011
14 o’clock – 17 o’clock
Each group will spend these two hours in working on the video corpus as defined in the Research project Guide:
Don’t forget:
The research project should be sent to me till the 15th of December as a word, pdf or ppt document
Planning of activities
Links:
1/ The Research project Guide (word)
1/ EMICC -
audiovisual corpus analysis 2010 (Utrecht)
2/ EMICC –
audiovisual corpus analysis 2009 (Lugano)